Sampler for rouge



E. N. WINSLOW SAMPLER FOR ROUGE Filed May 18, 1935 I I A A IIIIINVENTOR. Edi/ara A/W'fia/alfl ATTORNEYJ;

Patented July 27, 1937 .UNITEDHSTATES PATENT OFFICE .H I v 2,088,076

, g SAMPLER FOR ROUGE Edward N. Winslow, Shaker Heights, OhioApplication May 18, 1935, Serial No. 22,260

3 Claims.

The present invention, relating as indicated to a sampler for lip-stickor rouge, is more particularly directed to a device for facilitating theselection of a desired color of lip-stick. vThe precise object of theinvention is the provision of a simple and inexpensive means by whichone may determine the appearance of various colors of rouge upon thelipswithout actually applying rouge, and may then accurately select thedesired shade. Provision'is also made for a preliminary selection ofshades icy-comparison of effects when the, several samplers are insertedbetween the lips of blonds, brunettes or titians pictured on cards.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, the invention,then, comprises the features hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims; the following description andthe annexed drawing setting forth in detail certain illustrativeembodiments of the invention, these being indicative however, of but afew of the. various ways in which the principles of the invention may beemployed.

In said annexed drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of my device, shown in position on acard representing a human face; Fig. 2 is a plan view of my device; Fig.3 is an end elevation of the same ready for use; Fig. 4 is a plan viewof a strip consisting of a series of my devices; Fig. 5 is a plan Viewof a card with a number of my devices semi-cut therein; Figs. 6 and 7are modifications of my device; and Fig. 8 is an elevational View of mydevice flexed as when held in the lips.

It is now necessary in selecting and purchasing rouge in the form oflip-sticks to examine va rious shades and colors and then either applyany desired color to the lips and examine it, or if this is not done, itis necessary for the purchaser to buy more or less on guess-work whichfrequently results in the purchase of an unattractive shade. Ordinarily,the store is not inclined to permit the application of the variouslipsticks since it is then necessary for the store to set aside one eachof all of the various colors in stock for trial. narily object to theuse of such sample lip-sticks on the lips, and will attempt to select ashade by comparative test on the skin of the hand.

The present device is intended to permit the customer to examine theappearance of various colors without actually applying any material tothe lips. In Fig. 2, I have shown one embodiment of my improved devicewhich consists of a strip of paper, or other thin flexible material, towhich Moreover, a customer will ordi-' may be appliedany desired colorcorresponding to the color of the lip-stick. This device I may either becut singly from sheets orit may be formed in along strip 2 as shown inFig. 4 with openings 3 therein from which extend creased or perforatedlines 4 extending to the edge of the strip to permit convenient tearingoff of individual elements I'. Or a plurality of such devices maybesemi-cut in-a sheet from which they are detached as needed for use, asshown in Fig.5.

In this embodiment, the. device .I is creased along the lines 5, 6 and lto permit it to be readily folded into the form shown in Fig. 3 in whichthe portions 8 and 9 of the device are adjacent to each other and are onthe outside of the folded blank. Slits or notches II] are formedtransversely of the .blank to permit of bending the fold i2longitudinally and inwardly, that is, away from the face ll of thedevice shown in Fig. 2 after same is folded as indicated in Fig. 3.

The use of the device is as follows: There may be. furnished by themanufacturer, with various shades of lip-sticks, a number of samplers,that is, of blanks shown in Fig. 2, each colored on the portions 8 and 9at least, with a color corresponding to one color of a lip-stick. Acustomer desiring to purchase a lip-stick can then be given samplerscorresponding in shade to each of the colors under consideration and thecustomer can then insert these in turn between the lips where thesampler may be held by pressure of the lips against the portion l2 ofthe folded device. The portions 8 and 9 of the sampler are formed toconform to the outline of the lips and the customer can then secure arelatively close approximation of the color and appearance of anyparticular shade of lip-stick when actually applied.

If desired, the samplers may be made of plain uncolored material or ofbase-tinted material, and colored by the actual application of thelipstick, in which event the true appearance of any desired color oflip-stick can be actually seen by the customer.

In Figs. 6 and '7 are shown embodiments of my invention which in ameasure are less efiicient, but which may be desired when the cost ofmanufacture is an item to be considered. In the type shown in Fig. 6 thelip parts 8 and 9 are integral and a tag 13 at either end is bent backas a hold to be inserted between the lips of the user. In the type shownin Fig. 7 the lip parts 8 and 9 are separate but are joined at eitherend by a strip [4 which folds upon itself along the line [5 and foldsback relative to the lips on the lines IS.

The sampler may be used in the preliminary selection of shades byinserting between the lips of a colored representation of a face on a.card. Such faces will be so colored as to present the characteristics ofa variety of types, such as platinum blonds, true blonds, titians andbrunettes. Fig. 1 represents such a face with a sampler I insertedthrough an opening defining the lips. Having determined byexperimentation with said tinted faces, the range of shades from whichfinal selection is to be made, the customer will take the sampler lwhich has been demonstrated and will hold same between her lips, flexingsame as shown in Fig. 8. From these final tests against the skin of theface the desired shade will be selected.

The expense of manufacturing and supplying my device is relatively smalland represents considerably less than the cost of supplying triallip-sticks if that method is employed by the customers in determiningcolors. Also it affords a means whereby prospective customers may befurnished samplers for determining in their own home the shade of thelip-stick desired from the line offered by the manufacturer.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employedinstead of the one herein explained, change being made as regards thedetails described, provided the features stated in any of the followingclaims, or the equivalent of such be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a strip of thinflexible material having marginal portions adapted to cover the lips ofa user and having a color, shape and size approximating the appearanceof said lips, and having a central portion marked from said marginalportion by longitudinal creases, said central portion having alongitudinal crease dividing it into two halves adapted to be foldedupon one another, said central portion being perforated longitudinallywhereby said central portion when folded may be flexed in the plane ofsaid fold, said central portion when folded extending rearwardly fromsaid marginal portions and being adapted to act as a holding means to beheld in the mouth of a user.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a longitudinallyflexible strip of thin material colored, shaped and sized to simulate apersons lips, and holding means extending from one side thereof forretention between the lips of a user, said means being flexiblelongitudinally of said device.

3. A rouge sampler, comprising a lip portion having a color, shape andsize to approximate a persons lips, and means on said lip portionextending rearwardly thereof, said means being insertable between thelips for retaining said portion in a position in registry with the lips.

EDWARD N. WINSLOW.

